6
THE BUTTERFLIES.
D butterflies above the meadow grasse®.
Above the daisies with thu lr R»Men eye 3.
The shadow (vf a cloud that lonely passes;
I walk with you, O wandering;butterflies!
Ttie freckled wings that flaunt axul fall so
gently.
That cross before me dappling to the
skies,
The whig? with fairy Jewels marked so
quaintly.
Are you my childhood's happy butter
flies?
Dear butterflies that re.*t upon the clover.
And Joyous them in winged lightness rise,
Tou know one pathway 1 would fain dis
cover.
Ah, lead me home, free wandering but
terflies!
Show me what way you passed from my old
summers.
My childhood summers, under far-off
slUes;
Familiar wings, you pilgrims, you light
corn cfs.
Home to old meadows, happy butterflies!
On one green hill with grassy chamber
hollow,
The old, old home, the long-lost garden
lies;
FII6 not so high, too spent ami to follow;
Yet soon I'll come, my laughing butter
flies.
And earth will place her ancient palm so
tender
A little while upon these darkened eyes,
Then soft I'll the early morning
splendor
To climb with you, my old, sweet but
terflies!
—lrene Putnam, In N. Y. Independent.
touts ST£VEnson"> "
PART I.
CHAPTER V. —CONTINUED.
This appeal seemed toi produce some
effect, for two of the fellows began to
look here and there among the lumber,
but half heartedly, I thought, and with
half an eye to their own danger all the
time, while the rest stood irresolute on
the road.
"You have your hands on thousands,
you fools, and you hang a leg! You'd
be as rich as kings if you could find it,
and you know it's here, and you stand
there malingering. There wasn't one
of you dared face Rill, and I did it—a
blind man! And I'm to lose my chance
for you! I'm to be a poor, crawling
beggar, sponging for rum, when I
might be rolling in a coach! If you had
the pluck of a weevil in a biscuit, you
would catch them still."
"Ifang it, Pew, we've got the doub
loons!" grumbled one.
"They might have hid the blessed
thing," said another. "Take the
■Georges, Pew, and don't stand here
■equalling."
Squalling was the word for it. Pew's
onger rose so high at these objections,
till at last, his passion completely tak
ing the upper hand, he struck at them
right nnd left in his blindness, and his
stick sounded heavily on more than
one.
These, iti their turn, cursed back at
the blind miscreant, threatened him in
horrid terms, and tried in vain to catch
the stick and wrest it from his grasp.
This quarrel was the saving of us;
for while it was still raping, another
eound came from the top of the hill
on the side of the hamlet —the tramp
of horses galloping. Almost at the
same time a pistol shot, Hash and re
port, came from the hedge side. And
that was plainly the last signal of
danger; for the buccaneers turned at
once and ran, separating in every di
rection, one seaward along the cove,
one slant across the hill, and so on, so
that in half a minute not a sign of them
remained but Pew. Him they had de
serted, whether in sheer panic or out
of revenge for his ill words and blows,
I know not; but there he remained b«-
liind, tapping up and down the rcxid
n a frenzy, and groping and calling
or his comrades. Finally he took the
wrong turn and ran a few steps past
me, toward the hamlet, crying:
"Johnny, Black Dog, Dirk," and other
names, "you won't leave old Pew,
mates —not old Pew!"
Just then the noise of horses topped
the rise, and four or five riders came
In sight in the moonlight and swept
at full gallop down the slope.
At this Pew saw his error, turned
with a scream and ran straight for the
ditch, into which he rolled. Put he
was on his feet again in a second, and
made another dash, now utterly be
wildered, right under the nearest of
the coming horses.
The rider tried to save him, but in
vain. Down went Pew with a cry that
rang high into the night; and the four
hoofs trampled and spurned him and
passed by. lie fell on his side, then
gently collapsed upon his face, and
moved no more.
I leaped to my feet and hailed the
riders. They were pulling up, at
rate, horrified at the accident; and I
Boon saw what they were. One, tail
ing out (behind the rest, was a lad that
had gone from the hamlet to Dr. Live
eey's; the rest were revenue officers,
whom he had met by the way, and with
whom he had had the intelligence to re
turn at once. Some news of the lugger in
Kitt's Hole had found its way to Su
pervisor Dance, and sent him fovth that
night in our direction, and to that cir
cunstance my mother and I owe our
preservation from death.
Pew was dead, stone dead. As for
my mother, when we had carried her
up to the hamlet, a little cold water
and salts very soon brought her back
again, and she was none the worse for
her terror, though she still continued
to deplore the balance of the money,
i In the meantime the supervisor rode
on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole;
but his men had to dismount and grope
down the dingle, leading, and some
times supporting, their horses, wnd in
continual fear of ambushes; so it was
no great matter for surprise that when
we got down to the Hole the lugger
was already under way, though still
clone in. He hailed her. A voice re-
plied, telling liltn to keep out of the
moonlight or he would get some lead
in him, and at the same time a bullet
whistled close by his arm. Soon after
the lugger doubled the point and dis
appeared. Mr. Dance stood there, as
he said, "like a fish out of water," and
all he could do was to dispatch a man
to 1$ to warn the cutter. "And
that," fqid he, "is just about as good as
nothing. They've got off clean, and
there's an end. Only," he added, "I'm
glad I trod on Master Pew's corns;"
for by t '« is time he had heard my story.
I went back with him to the Admiral
Benbow, and you cannot imagine a
house in such a state of smash; the
very clock had been thrown down by
these fellows in their furious hunt after
my mother and myself; and though
nothing had actually been taken away
except the captain's money-bag and a
little silver from the till, I could see
at once, that we were ruined. Mr. Dance
could make nothing of the scene.
"They got the money, .you say?
Well, then, Hawkins, what in fortune
were they after? More money, I sup
pose?"
"No, sir; not money, I think," replied
I."In fact, sir, I believe I have the
thing in my breast-pocket; and, to tell
you the truth, I should like to get it
putin safety."
"To be. sure, boy; quite right," said
he. "I'll take it, if you like."
"I thought perhaps Dr. Livesey—" I
began.
"Perfectly right," he interrupted,
very cheerily, "perfectly right—a gen
tleman and a magistrate. And, now I
come to think of it, I might as well ride
round there myself and report to him
or squire. Master Pew's dead, when
all's done; not that I regret it, but he's
dead, you see, and people will make it
out against an officer of his majesty's
revenue, if make it out they can. Now,
I'll tell you, Hawkins, if you like, I'll
take you along."
I thanked him heartily for the of
fer, and we walked back to the hamlet
where the horses were. By the time I
had told mother of my purpose they
were all in the saddle.
"Dogger," said Mr. Dance, "you have
a good horse; take up this lad behind
you."
As soon as I was mounted, holding on
to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave
the word, and the party struck out at
a bouncing trot on the road to Dr.
Livesey's house,
CHAPTER VI.
THE CAPTAIN'S PAPERS.
We rode hard all the way, till we drew
up before Dr. Livesey's door. The
house was all dark in front.
Mr. Dance told me to jump down and
knock, and Dogger gave me a stirrup
to descend by. The door was opened
almost at once by the maid.
"Is I)r. Livesey in?" I asked.
No, she said; he had come home in the
afternoon, but had gone up to the hall
to dine and pass the evening with the
squire.
"So there we go, boys," said Mr.
Dance.
This time, as the distance was short,
I did not mount, bilt ran with Dogger's
stirrup-leather to the lodge gates, and
up the long, leafless, moonlit avenue to
where the white line of the nail build
ings looked on either hand on great old
gardens. Here Mr. Dance dismounted,
and, taking me along with him, was ad
mitted at a word into the house.
The servant led us down a matted
passage, and showed us at the end into
a great library, all lined with book
cases and busts upon the top of them,
where the squire and Dr. Livesey sat,
pipe in hand, on either side of the
bright fire.
I had never seen the squire so near
at hand. He was a tall man, over 6ix
feet high, and broad in proportion, and
ie had a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all
roughened and reddened and lined in
his long travels. His eyebrows were
very- black, and moved readily, and this
gave him a look of some temper, not
bad, you would say, but quick and
high/
"Come in, Mr. Dance," says he, very
stately and condescending.
"Good evening, Dance," says the doc
tor, with a nod. "And good evening to
you, friend Jim. What good wind
brings you here?"
The supervisor stood up straight and
stiff, and told his story like a lesson;
and you should have seen how the two
gentlemen leaned forward and looked
at each other, and forgot to smoke in
their surprise and interest. When they
heard how my mother went back to the
inn, Dr. Livesey fairly slapped his
thigh, and the squire cried "Bravo!"
and broke his long pipe against the
grate. Long before it was done, Mr.
Trelawney (that, you will remember,
was the squire's name) had got up
from his seat, and was -striding about
the room, and the doctor, as if to hear
the better, had taken off his powdered
wig, and sat there, looking very strange
indeed with his own close-cropped,
black poll.
At last Mr. Dance finished the story.
"Mr. Dance," said the squire, "you
are a very noble fellow. And as for rid
ing down that black, atrocious mis
creant, I regard it as an act of virtue,
sir, like stamping on a cockroach. This
lad Hawkins is a trump, I perceive.
Haw r kins, will you ring that bell? Mr.
Dance must have some ale."
"And so, Jim," said the doctor, "you
have the thing that they were after,
have you?"
"Here it is, sir," said I, and gave him
the oilskin packet.
The doctor looked it all over, as if his
fingers were itching to open it; but, in
steud of doing that, he put it quietly in
the pocket of his coat.
"Squire," said he, "when Dance has
had his ale he must, of course, be off
on his majesty's service; but I mean
to keep Jim Hawkins here to sleep at
iny house, and, with your permission, I
propose we should have up the cold pie,
and let him sup."
"As you will,Livesey,"said the squire;
"Hawkins has earned better than cold
pie."
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1896.
So a big pigeon pie was brought In
and put on a side-table, and 1 made a
hearty supper, for I was as hungry as
a hawk, while Mr. Dance was further
complimented, and at last dismissed.
"And now, squire," said the doctor.
"And, now, Livesey," said the squire,
in the same breath.
"One at a time, one at a time,"
laughed Dr. Livesey. "You have heard
of this Flint, I suppose?"
"Heard of him!" cried the squlr*.
"Heard of him, you say! He was the
bloodthirtiest buccaneer that sailed.
Blackbeard was a child to Flint. The
Spaniards were so prodigiously afraid
of him, that, I tell you, sir, I was some
times proud he was an Englishman.
I've seen his topsails with these eyes,
off Trinidad, and the cowardly son of a
rum-puncheon that I sailed with put
back—put back, sir, into Port of
Spain."
"Well, I've heard of him myself, in
England," said the doctor. "But the
point is, had he money?"
"Money!" cried the squire. "Have
you heard the story? What were these
villains after but money? What do they
care for but money? For what would
they risk their rascal carcasses but
money?"
"That we shall soon know," replied
the doctor. "But you are so confound
edly hot-headed and exclamatory that
I cannot get a word in. What I want to
know is this; Supposing that I have
here in my pocket some clew to where
Flint buried his treasure, will that
treasure amount to much?"
"Amount, sir!" cried the squire. "It
will amount to this; if we have the clew
you talk about, I fit out a ship in Bristol
dock, and take you and Hawkins here
along, and I'll have that treasure if I
search a 3 - ear."
"Very well," said the doctor. "Now,
then, if Jim is agreeable, we'll open
the packet;" and he laid it before him
on the table.
The bundle was sewn together, and
the doctor had to get out his instru
ment case and cut the stitches with his
medical scissors. It contained two
things-—a book and a sealed paper.
"First of ull we'll try the book," ob
served the doctor.
The squire nnd I were both peering
over his shoulder as he opened it, for
Dr. Livesey had kindly motioned me to
come round from the side table, where
I had been eating, to enjoy the sport of
the search. On the first page there
were only some scraps of writing, such
as a man with a pen in his hand might
make for idleness or practice. One was
the same as the tattoo mark, "Billy
Bones his fancy;" and then there was
"Mr. W. Bones, mate." "No more rum."
"Off Palm Key he got itt;" and some
other snatches, mostly single words
and unintelligible. 1 could, not help
wondering who it was that had "got
itt," and what "itt" was that he got.
A knife in his back as like as not..
"Not much instruction there," said
Dr. Livesey, as he passed on.
The next ten or twelve pages were
filled with a curious series cf entries.
••The tiling la &• clear aa noonday," aald the
•quire.
There was a date at one end of the line
and at the other a sum of money, as in
common account-books; but instead of
explanatory writing only & varying
number of crosses between the two.
On the 12th of June, 1745, for instance,
a sum of £7O had plainly become due
to some one, and there was nothing but
six crosses to explain the cause. In
a few cases, to be sure, the nnme of a
place would be added, as "Offe Carac
cas;" or a mere entry of latitude and
longitude, as "02 degrees, 17 minutes,
20 seconds, 19 degrees 2 minutes 40 sec
onds."
The record lasted over nearly 20
years, the amount of the separate en
tries growing larger as time went on,
and at the end a grand total had been
made out after five or six wrong ad
ditions, and these words appended:
"Bones his pile."
"I can't make head or tail of this,"
said Dr. Livesey.
"The thing is clear as noonday,"
cried the squire. "This is the black
hearted hound's account-book. These
crosses stand for the names of the
ships or towns that they have sunk or
plundered. The nurns are the scoun
drel's share, and where he feared an
ambiguity, you see he added something
clearer. 'Offe Caraccas,' now; j-ou see,
here was some unhappy vessel boarded
off that coast. God help the poor souls
that manned her—coral long ago."
"Right," said the doctor. "See what
It is to be a traveler. Right! And the
amounts increase, you see, as he rose
In rank."
There was little else in the volume
but a few bearings of places noted in
the blank leaves toward the end, and a
table for reducing French, English and
Spanish moneys to a common value.
"Thrifty man!" cried the doctor. "He
wasn't the one to be cheated."
"And now," said the squire, 'Tor the
other."
The paper had been sealed in several
places with a thimble by way of seal;
the very thimble, perhaps, that I had
found in the captain's pocket. The doc
tor opened the seals with great care,
and there fell out the map of an island,
with latitude and longitude, soundings,
names of hills and bays and inlets, and
every particular that would be needed
to bring a ship to a safe anchorage
upon its shores. It was about nine
miles long and five across, shaped, you
might say, like a fat dragon standing
up, and had two fine land-locked har
bors, and a hill in the center part
marked "The Spy Glass." There were
several additions of a later date, but,
above all, three crosses of red ink—two
on the north part of the island, one in
the southwest, and beside this last, in
the samn red ink, and in a small, neat
hand, very different from the captain's
tottery characters, these woro»> ''Bulk
of treasure here."
Over on the back the same hand had
written this further information^
"Tall tree, Spy-glass shoulder, bearing a
point to the N. of N. N. E.
"Skeleton Island E. S E. and by E.
"Ten feet.
"The bar silver Is In the north cache; you
can flnti It by the trend of the east hum
mock. ten fathoms south ol the black crag
with the face on It.
"The arms are easy found, In the sand
hill, N. point of north inlet cape, bearing
E. and a quarter N. J. F."
That was all; but brief as it was, and,
to me, incomprehensible, it filled the
squire and Dr. Livesey with delight.
"Livesey," said the squire, "you will
give up this wretched practice at once.
To-morrow 1 start for Bristol. In three
weeks' time —three weeks!—two weeks
—ten days—we'll have the best ship,
sir, and the choicest crew in England.
Hawkins shall come as cabin boy.
You'll make a famous cabin boy, Haw
kins. You, Livesey, are ship's doctor;
I am admiral. We'll take Bedruth,
Joyce and Hunter. We'll have favor
able winds and a quick passage, and
not the least difficulty in finding the
spot, and money to eat—to roll in—to
play duck and drake with ever after."
"Trelawney," said the doctor, "I'll
go with you; and I'll go bail for it, so
will Jim, and be a credit to the under
taking. There's only one man I'm
afraid of."
"And who is that?" cried the squire.
"Name the dog, sir!"
"You," replied the doctor; "for you
cannot hold your tongue. We are not
the only men who know of this paper.
These fellows who attacked the inn to
night—bold, desperate blades, for sure
—and the rest who stayed aboard that
lugger, and inore, I dare say, not far
off, are, one and all, through thick and
thin, bound that they'll get that money.
We must none of us go alone till we
get to sea. Jim and I shall stick to
gether in the meanwhile; you'll take
Joyce and Hunter when you ride to
Bristol, and, from first to last, not one
of us must breathe a word of what
we've found."
"Livesey," returned the squire, "you
are always in the right of it. I'll be
as silent as the grave."
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
\o Help for Htm.
Poor fellow! He was "all broke up."
Tears coursed down his red, puffed
cheeks, and he would not be comforted.
"Come," said one of his friends, "brace
up, old man. It's too bad that the ban
quet was too much for you, last night,
and that you fell by the wayside; but
that's liable to happen to almost any of
us. Of course they'll discharge you
when they find out how it was, and you
needn't worry any about the money
if they do fine you. We'll see that you
get out of it, all right."
"Oh," cried the disconsolate one. "I'll
never be able to live this down. It's aw
fully nice of you, boys, to try to help me
out, but what has been done can't be un
done."
"Pshaw! Others have been arrested
by mistake before you, and got out of
it all right. Why can't you do the
same?"
"It isn't the arrest," he sobbed. "I
don't care for that; but here it's nine
o'clock in the morning, and I've got
my dress suit on!"
Then he buried his face in his hands,
nnd the others were silent. They knew
that he was ruined forever. —Cleveland
Leader.
Old Relief* Knocked In the Head.
Queen Elizabeth was not the angelic
creature represented in the histories
and poems of her own times. Her hair
was red, her temper red-hot. She some
times drank too much, and at any prov
ocation she would curse like a trooper.
She frequently swore at her maids, and
sometimes struck, kicked and pinched
them. Mary Stuart, of Scotland, was
not a beauty. She had cross eyes, and,
to save the trouble of having her hair
dressed, cut it off close to her head and
wore a wig. When, after her death,
the executioner lifted her head to show
it to the people, the wig came off and
showed a close-cropped skull, covered
with gray hair. Iloratius never de
fended the bridge. The story was man
ufactured by the same gifted author
who gave the world the account of Scae
vola's heroism. Blondel, the harper, did
not discover the prison of King Richard.
Richard paid his ransom, and the re
ceipt for it is among the Austrian ar
chives.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Perllte Like."
Pat was an employe in a shop where
the scarcity of help had compelled the
grocer to take on an assistant who was
entirely without any experience.
One day the grocer, in weighing out
a purchase to a customer, searched in
vain for a weight.
"Patrick," he called out, "where's the
pound weight?"
"The pound weight, is It? Shure it's
Mr. Jones that has the pound weight?"
"Mr. Jones lias it? What do you
mean?"
"Au' didn't yez tell me to be perlite
to the regular customers?"
"Of course I did."
"Well, this Mr. Jones comes in the clay
for a pound of tay, an' says he whin I
axed him what quality of tay»he wud
have: 'Whatever ye give me,' he says,
'give me the weight.' So I put the pound
weight In the package with the tay,
perlite like, an* it's himself that's gone
wid it."—Spare Moments.
Doubled the Done.
Ragged Rob —W'y didn't ye come de
pathetic racket on de judge—tell him
ye had a family dependin' on ye?
Pensive Pete—l did, an' he fined me
then for neglectin' to support me fam
ily.—K. Y. Journal.
WILL GO TO CUBA.
Gen. Duffleld** Hrtgadc to lie tbe first
to Unenforce Gen. Shafter
Aeur SuuUago.
Brig. Gen. Henry M. Duffleld,
whose brigade is to be the first
to reenforce Gen. Shafter in Cu
ba, is one of Michigan's most
prominent men. He is recognized
in Detroit as a leading lawyer and a
public-spirited citizen in every sense of
the term. Ilis family is inseparably
connected with the history of Detroit
in the early days of that city. He is a
nephew of Gen. William Ward Duffield,
who served with distinction in the
' GEN HE3N"R TM. DIJ FPIE Ll>.
<Juat Sent to Cuba to Reenforce G«n.
Shafter's Forces.)
Mexican and civil wars, and who was
appointed superintendent of the coast
and geodetic survey under President
Cleveland. Gen. Duffleld is also re
lated by marriage to Justice Henry
Brown, of the United States supreme
court, the two jurists having married
sisters, the Misses Pitts, of Detroit.
For many years Gen. Duffield has been
Identified with the national guard of
Michigan, giving much of his time and
personal means to its upbuilding. He
Is considered a most capable tactician,
and a really up-to-date military man,
despite his long training in the law.
Ilis brigade is the equal in equipment
and drill of any of the volunteer bri
gades, each regiment having a splendid
reputation.
CAPTAIN JOHN PHILIP.
The (iallant Commander Whone ll»i
--the Texas, Demolished
Socaipa lluttery.
John W. Philip, whose battleship
Texas totally demolished Socapa bat
tery 011 the left point of the entrance
to Santiago de Cuba bay. is 58 years old
and has been in the United States navy
42 years. The records of the navy have
hiin as being born in New York, from
which state he was appointed to the
academy in 1856. He was made mid
shipman in 1861, and rose through all
the grades between that and his pres
ent rank, to which he attained in 1889.
Capt. Philip was in active service all
through the civil war. During those
years he served aboard the frigates
Constitution and Sautee, the Marion,
the Chippewa, the monitor Montauk
and the Pawnee, In 1865 he was re
moved to the Asiatic squadron as ex.-
CAPT. JOHN PHILIP.
(Commander of the United States Battle
ship Texas.)
ecutive officer of the Wachusett. From
1368 to 1871 he served with the Eu
ropean squadron and was again trans
ferred to the Asiatic station. Since
that time C'apt. Philip lias taken part
in scientific expeditions, has done sci
entiiic work in various offices of the
navy, has commanded several ships of
war, and has been lighthouse inspect
or. He is one of the most reliable and
most thoroughly trained sailors in the
United States navy.
What Crnniifil Head* Wear.
The sultan of Turkey is always seen
attired in pale brown garments; the
emperor of Austria affects gray. The
young German emperor has what may
be called a loud taste in clothes, and
is never so happy as when wearing the
showiest of uniforms or hunting cos
tumes; indeed, when attired in the
latter he looks as though he had
stepped out of Drury Lane pantomime,
so extraordinary and fantastic is his
get-up on these occasions. The em
peror of Russia, on the other hand,
likes the simplest, darkest form of
undress uniform, and he habitually
wears that which became so familiar
in all the photographs of his late
father.
Oat rich Ate Rurbed Wire.
The stomach of an ostrich is often
made tins receptacle for strange
things. One of these birds mysterious
ly died at a California farm, anil a
post-mortem was held. It had fol
lowed about a gang of men who
were building wire fences, and swal
lowed the bits of wire they chipped
off from time to time.
Truipcrulure of Comets.
As far as calculations can decide, the
temperature of comets is believed to be
2,000 times fiercer than that of red-hot
iron.
A GUARDSMAN'S TROUBLE.
From the Detroit (Mich.) Journal.
The promptness with which the National
Guard of the different states responded to
President McKinley's call for troops at the
beginning of the war with Spain made the
whole country proud of its oiti/tn soldiers.
In Detroit there are few guardsmen more
popular and eflicient ,r>~-+.
than Max li. Davies,
first sergeant of Co. ii. Cj>«* . _ _
He has been a resi
dent of Detroit for they/1
past six years, and his j. tjr
home is at 416 Third A'A ' rVI
Avenue. For four ybJP'/ 112
years he was connected *"">/ /
with the well known
wholesale drug house 71 JfeSSfv' \
of Farrand, Williams lii l \\*.\\
& Clark, in the oapac- II (t4t—\V««»\
ity of bookkeeper. II y
"I have charged up U / UI
many thousand orders /I / / \ \U
for Dr. Williams' I'ink II / J \ ill
Pills for Pale People," 11 \ <\
said Mr. Davies, but m .. . „
never knew their Fir.it Sergevnt.
worth until I used them for the cure of
chronic dyspepsia. For two years I suffered
and doctored for that aggravating troubla
but could only be helped temporarily.
"I think dyspepsia is one of the most
stubborn of ailments, and there is scarcely
a clerk or office man but what is more or
less a victim. Some days I could eat any ;
thing, while at other tirass I would be starv
ing. Those distressed pains would force ma
to quit work.
"I tried the hot-water treatment thorough
ly, but it did not affect my case. I have
tried many advertised remedies, but they
would help only for a time. A friend of
mine recommended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for' Pale People, but I did not think much of
them.
"I finallv was induced to try the pills and
commenced using them. After taking a few
doses I found much relief. Ido not remem
ber how many boxes of the pills I used, but
I used them until the old trouble stopped.
I know they will cure dyspepsia of the worst
form and I am pleased to recommend them."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent post naid on receipt
of price, 50 cents a bo* or six boxes for $2.50,
by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Conv
pany, Schenectadv, N. Y.
linpoKMible to Doubt.
Upguardson—There has been so many re
ports of those Cuban cables being cut when
they haven't been cut at all that I don't take
any more stock in stories of that kind.
Atom—Yes, but it's true this time. The
news about the last cable that was cut came
over the cable itself. —Chicago Tribune.
Try Allen's Foot-bflie,
A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season vour feet feel swollen, nervous
-.nd hot, and get tired easily. If you havs
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's
Foot-Kase. It cools the feet and makes walk
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callousspots. Relievescornsana
bunions of all painandgivesrest and comfort.
Try It to-day. Sold by all druggists and sboe
stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. Y.
A Good Kxnmple.
She —Did you ever see any rapid firing?
lie—Yes; I was in Washington when ths
Spanish minister and attaches were sent
home.—Chicago Tribune.
On Wednesday, July 20th, the Cleveland,
Akron. & Columbus R'y will run an excursion
from Columbus, Zanesville and intermediate
stations to Niagara Falls, via Cleveland and
the elegant Steamer City of Erie or City of
Buffalo of the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit
Co. The round trip rate to Niagara Fall*
will be $6.00 from Columbus and Zanesville,
$5.00 from Mt. Vernon, $4.00 from Millers
burg, $3.00 from Akron and proportionately
low rates from intermediate stations. Train
will leave Columbus 11:30 a. m.and Zanes
ville 12:00 noon of that day, making fast
time. For full information as to limits of
tickets, trips beyond Niagara Falls and all
details, apply to any agent of this company,
or C. F. DAI.Y '-""<"">1 Vassenger Agent.
A tuar ill Memory.
The serenader stopped beneath the win
dow. He unslung his guitar and touched its
strings softly and lovingly. Then he looked
about the dark shadows of the garden and
along the line of fence that marked the
street end of the handsome premises.
Nothing was in sight.
Looking again at the window, the youth
ran his Hngers swiftly across the strings,
and then, lifting up his head and opening his
mouth until the moonlight glittered on his
teeth, he began in a shrill tenor:
"Oh, don't you remember —"
But he got 110 further.
The window above suddenly opened and
a large, heavily-framed engraving of th«
battleship Maine was dropped from within
and fell squarely on the singer's head.
"Oh, we remember all right," shouted a
hoarse voice from above.
And the startled singer gathered himself
together and sadly and painfully went his
way.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Left it.
Phillips—What's the matter with that
fellow from Colorado—isn't he all right?
Quipps—l don't know. Somebody said
he lett Pike's peak under a cloud. —Towi
Topics.
A Symbol of Starvation.
"Won't they let you stop at our boarding
house any more?" asked the Circassian.
"No," answered the living skeleton. "It
isn't my fault, either. The last time T wat
there one of the boarders told the landlady
I looked like he felt after one of her break
fasts."—Detroit Free Press.
CLEAN PEOPLE.
Clennllneaa Ones with Health—lf \V«
Have Catarrh Anywhere We
Can Not Be Wholly Clean.
Make systematic ef
f° rt;s to ° e f ree f roa
/sSjC]SEjwk this disgusting disease,
■ Mrs. L. A. Johnston,
gJa 103 Pilham and Riplej
X&f* Streets, Montgom
ery, Ala., tells ber es
j w J perience with
_ catarrh of th»
stomach and
i '•> Bts jll ho w she wal
V J" cured:
UM "I will state to
„ i / * you that I havt
** * taken eight bot
tles of your Pe-ru-na and two of Man-a-lin
and rejoice to say, 'God bless Dr. Ffartman
and Pe-ru-na.' And I earnestly assure you
that it has done me more good than any med
icine I have ever taken in my life. I pr»
scribe it to everyone I meet who is suffering,
as the best medicine in the world, and hav«
made many converts who are now rejoicing
in the great good which they have derived
from the same. I can tell you that lam
almost entirely relieved of indigestion, thai
great foe which has tortured me so many
years, and can now eat anything I desire
without t is fruits or something acid."
To understand the scientific action of
Pe-ru-na it is best to have Dr. Ifartman'i
special book for women or his book on
chronic catarrh. These books are mailed
free by the Pe-ru-na Medicine Company,
Columbus, O. All druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
One of the great trials in a woman's life
is that no two members of her family like
an article cooked the same way.—Atchison
Globe.
What an unconcerned look everybody ha»
when the contribution box is passed theii
way.—Washington (la.) Democrat.
Three-fourths of the people are gullible,
if the right man comes along.—Washington
(la.) Democrat.